Blog: Wildlife

Wild Writing by Nicola Chester

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Golden haired robberflies on a leaf

Cops or robberflies?

BBOWT volunteer recorder, Sue Taylor takes a closer look at the world of robberflies and some of the species you can find in our area

wildlife friendly gardening

Put your garden to the test!

Our two-minute survey can score your garden and offer ideas to make it even better for wildlife, but why is this so important?

A whitethroat (sylvia communis) perched in a hedgerow with food for its young at Hope Farm, Cambridgeshire. Picture: Andrew Parkinson/ 2020Vision

Rewilding on our doorstep?

In the second of our series on rewilding, Giles Strother of BBOWT’s Land Advice Service talks through the potential rewilding options to be had close to home

Fox cub in bluebells. Picture: Andrew Marshall

Our top 10 wildlife sightings for April

Spring is in full swing, insects are emerging from winter hibernation, flowers are blooming, and birds are singing. How many of our 10 species will you see or hear this April?